Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-10-20
NEEDED AT THE HELM.
Lord Salisbury's Presence Required
to Save the Sinking Tory
Ship.
The Professional Unemployed Glass
Liable to Receive Police
Attention.

LONDON, Oct. 1.-THE reports which
have been in circulation to-day to the
effect that Lord Salisbury is very i'll at
Puy, near Dieppe, are wholly untrue.
kilograms received tonight from the
premier himself state that he has been
IN excellent health for the last few days,
and 1T IS also stated, on good authority,
that he has announced his intention of
returning to London almost Immediate
ly, recognizing the necessity for his
presence, in view of the peculiar situa-
ton of Irish affairs. 1t is agreed on all
sides that competent director is greatly
needed just now, and there is in his
party none so capable of straightning
cut the crookedness now existing in
home politics than he. Upon LORD Sal
isbury's return Mr.. Balfonr will, it is
understood, proceed at once to Dublin
and act directly upon the instructions of
the premier with regard to the future
conduct of the governments war upon
the league.
BANDS OF IDLE PERSONS
calling themselves unemployed work
ingmen'' have taken to parading tho
streets during the last two or three days,
and these professions are invariably fol-
JOWeO ny bQudu5 VI VIM
the impression that the fellows are So
cialists, bent upon mischief at the first
opportunity. Many of tho paraders are
known to the police, who are getting tired
of following them about as men who
haven't done days work in years, and
there is danger that the police will lose
severe clubbing if the parades continue
much longer.
JOHN billions SPEECH
at the fortnightly meeting of the Ma
tional league in Dublin to- day has Gre
ated great sensation. His statement
that the organization of new land scheme
is possible in the event of the failure of
the leagues present scheme-the plan of
campaign-is q remarkable declaration,
and requires very little exaggeration to
transform it into threat that the fail
ure of the plan of campaign will result
in violent uprising against tn elandlords.
The people are ripe fer movement that
will better their condition, and word
from their leaders would be sufficient to
incite them to most desperate action.
At hesKillarney quarter sessions to-day
the docket showed that only two of the
large number of cases were wholly non
political, the entire batch, with these ex-
captions, relating to violations of the
crimes act. The Judge expressed him
self as pleased to note that ordinary
crimes had been almost totally abandon
ed, but grieved to see that the people
had set themselves against single laW.
nm. -0nArDnnLArrr'e nr1FprIoN
at the hands of the Belfast Orapgemen
was AN enormous affair. Jesse Ceilings
andISir William Thompson, the electri-
clan, who were with Mr.. Chamberlain,
shared the honors bestowed upon the
radical leader, but it was Mr.. Chamber
lains prominence that brought them in
to notice rather than any Importance at
taching to themselves. This reception
of pronounced Radical by conservative
orangemen, and the language used by
Mr.. Chamberlain in his speeches were
somewhat anomalous, but will have the
effect to relegats the Birmingham states
man into the ranks of Toryism, at least
until the death of Mr.. Gladstone, when
he will, without doubt, again attempt to
lead the Radicals.